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Re:Worst-case glacial lake flood scenarios in a transboundar... by inasio on Wednesday August 26, 2026 @07:08PM (#49457161)
Reminded me of the Huascaran avalanche (1970, killed approx 30K people) [0]. I'm surprised this is not also in the thousands of casualties (perhaps it'll get there) [0]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1970_Huascar%C3%A1n_debris_ava...

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Re:Worst-case glacial lake flood scenarios in a transboundar... by raz32dust on Wednesday August 26, 2026 @08:11PM (#49457658)
It almost certainly is. Just too early right now.
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Re:Worst-case glacial lake flood scenarios in a transboundar... by srean on Thursday August 27, 2026 @04:43AM (#49461712)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vargas_tragedy

Similar death toll. Also Orion.

https://www.dogmanray.com/true-stories/orion/

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